On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 06:50 PM, Keith Whaley wrote:
keith,Why? Once you have a decent print/photo from a lens, lte's say an excellet example of good resolutino, contrast, etc., why muddy the waters by saying you want more photogs to express THEMselves thru that lens? What is to be gained? You've already SEEN what the lens will do! What are you looking for?keith whaley
Well, lots of reasons. Suppose what you shoot seldom involves evenly illuminated brick walls? Suppose what you want to see is examples of coma, specular highlights, sensitivity to subtle tonal variations, ability to deal with subjects near and far and everything in between? What if your interest is primarily in B & W? Or your concern is flare at different f/stops and angles. What if your interest is in astrophotography, or portraits, or the reproduction of 2d or 3d objects up close?
These are just off the top of my head, I'm sure more examples could come up.
Dan Scott
